[NV Greens] Fw: Green Line April 2005

[Barb Ewing]

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            April 2005






            News Headlines



            Former Black Panther Party Chair Elaine Brown to Speak at
Chesapeake Campaign School


                  Elaine Brown

            Elaine Brown, activist, author, lecturer, candidatefor Mayor of
Brunswick, Georgia, and the only woman to lead the Black Panther Party, will
be the featured guest speaker at the Chesapeake Campaign School. Her
Saturday night keynote speech, "From Revolution to the Ballot Box: A
Discussion of Strategy for Radical Change," will be given at Howard
University's Blackburn Center in the Digital Auditorium at 8:00 p.m.

            The Green Party Coordinated Campaign Committee and the D.C.
Statehood Green Party (dcstatehoodgreen.org) are co-sponsoring the latest
Campaign School. Participants from all states are welcome. Organizers expect
participants from D.C., Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina,
Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

            For information about registration for the Chesapeake Campaign
School, or about organizing a Campaign School in your region, contact the
national Green Party
            office at 202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN, or office at gp.org.

            Cascadia Campaign School Helps Green Party Get Organized to Win


                  Otha Major and Ross Mirkarimi

            The Green Party of Washington State hosted the Northwest
Cascadia Campaign School in Seattle earlier this month to bring Greens and
progressives together, both to share lessons learned and to prepare for
future successful campaigns.

            The school kicked off with a party on Friday evening to welcome
participants and to model a fundraising event. Guests mingled to the smooth
sounds of a pianist and appetizing food.  Joe Szwaja, 2000 Green Party
Congressional candidate, gave an inspiring speech on the important role the
Greens must play in the electoral process and as candidates in the
future.The night concluded with an amazing performance by beat boxer Otha
Major.

            The school's workshops officially began on Saturday morning with
Brent McMillan, Political Director of the Green Party of the United States,
addressed participants on "What Every Green Candidate Needs to Know"
Afternoon workshops were designed to support participants in becoming
candidates, campaign managers,
            field organizers and running successful initiative/petition
drives. Workshop presenters were well versed in their fields and included
Seattle School Board President Brita Butler-Wall.

            On Sunday morning Ross Mirkarimi, an elected Green on the San
Francisco Board of Supervisors and former campaign manager to Matt Gonzalez,
shared his
            expertise on campaign strategy.

            Green Party of California Mourns the Loss of "Activist's
Activist" in Iraq
                  Former San Francisco Supervisor Matt Gonzalez and Marla
Ruzicka in 2001.


            On a somber note, Greens expressed deep sorrow in the loss of
longtime human rights activist and Green Party member Marla Ruzicka, who
died tragically in Iraq Saturday in a car bomb blast.

            Ruzicka, who was from Lakeport, California, was the founder of
Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC), which negotiated with the
U.S. government for monies for civilian victims of the war in Iraq.

            "Those of us who knew Marla personally, and there are many of
those, will never forget this incredible woman, or the remarkable effect she
had on all our lives in the short time that she was among us," said Michael
Wyman, state Green Party treasurer. "Marla was an activist's activist,
impressing us all with her energy and forcing us all to work that much
harder just to keep up with her."

                  Make your friends GREEN with envy. Become a card-carrying
Green today!


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one-year membership in the Populist Party of the 1890s. The Populist Party
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21st century continues the Populist's fight for citizen empowerment and
progressive reforms at all levels today.





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